Conduct unbecoming : lesbians and gays in the U.S. military : Vietnam to the Persian Gulf

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Davis Library (8th floor)

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UB418.G38 S55 1993
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Available

Law Library — 1st Floor Collection (1st floor)

Call Number
UB418.G38 S55 1993
Status
Available

LGBTQ Center Library

Call Number
UB418.G38 S55 1993
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Summary

Interviews with more than one thousand gay servicepeople highlight an investigation into the presence and treatment of homosexuals in the military

Contents

The dangerous difference (1778-1954) -- Book 1. The sanction of the victim (1954-1969) : What Tom Dooley really wanted: a prologue to Vietnam ; Manhood ; Rules ; The spy ; A name on the wall ; Convenience of the government (part 1) ; Days of future passed ; Home front ; The sanction of the victim -- Book 2. Interrogations (1969-1975) : National security ; Endings ; Interrogations ; Indoctrination ; Dykes and whores ; In country ; Back to the world ; Winners ; STRAC ; Politics and prejudice ; The letter -- Book 3. Trials (1975-1976) : The color purple (part 1) ; The green beret ; Freedom ; The mile-wide word ; Triangulates ; Adjectives and nouns ; The next generation ; Transitions ; The secret report -- Book 4. The family (1977-1980) : The family ; Reaction ; The gayest ship in the Navy and other stories ; Women at sea ; Angry gods ; Memorial day ; Glory days ; "Until after November" ; Interregnum ; Future imperfect -- Book 5. Lesbian vampires of Bavaria (1981-1985) : Thoughtcrimes ; Surrender Dorothy ; Railroading ; Doreen ; Lesbian vampires of Bavaria ; Straights ; In the midnight sky ; Heroes ; Exiles ; Blanket parties ; Costs ; HTLV-III ; Dykebusters ; Friends of Helga ; Where it all began -- Book 6. HOMOVAC (1986-1990) : Tom Dooley's undesirable discharge ; The unquiet death of Michael W. Foster ; Countertrends ; The color purple (part 2) ; At the Buccaneer Motel ; HOMOVAC: prisoner number 73343 ; Foreign affairs ; Naming names ; The Soesterberg affair ; Funerals ; Malleus maleficarum ; The release of prisoner number 17 ; Embarrassments in the making ; Explosions ; Mockingbirds ; Official government sources ; Hearings ; Holding actions ; Vindication ; The fag killer -- Epilogue: Promises to keep : Convenience of the government (part 2) ; Tom Dooley's honorable discharge.

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